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[Travis]

Had plans but then I remembered in another club we were reading Sherlock Holmes this month so finished a study in scarlet and sign of the four and working on the third book actually really enjoying them

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I finished Escaping Life by Michelle Muckley. It turned out to be a wonderful read. It's not action adventure. It reminded me in some ways of the movie "Crash." A murder mystery where there is what I call a spiritual connection between characters. The end was also pretty fun too.



Now I'm reading The Murmurings by David Walks-As-Bear. I'm not sure if which direction this is going, but, if you like stories about Modern Native American Indians with spiritual roots, I'm enjoying this one so far. Stone's a pretty cool action heroy type.
Quote of the day (a toss up between):

"There's something to be said for normal. I'm just not the guy to say it."

And

"Your going to have a hard time picking your nose without that funky finger!" (David Walks-As-a-Bear).

I like the characters, I like the story so far (just getting into it) I'm not keen on the narrator yet, but, changing narrators (unless they are really good or fit to what they read) takes a while for me to get used to.

[Jim]

I'm reading Resurrected by Steve Trotter. Hard to put down. Loving it.

[Michael]

Mike wrote: "I am in the middle of The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes. a pretty conventional thriller so far, but the back cover assures me that the best is yet to come."

The back cover lied.

[Ctgt]

Mike wrote: "Mike wrote: "I am in the middle of The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes. a pretty conventional thriller so far, but the back cover assures me that the best is yet to come."

The back cover lied."

I like that!

Whatever happened to truth in advertising? :/

[Scott]

Finished Prayers for Rain and now finishing up the series with Moonlight Mile.

[Janey]

I'm currently reading and hopefully should get it finished tonight. Really enjoying this Jack Reacher story and looking forward to reading more.

[Rizwan]

Scott wrote: "Finished Prayers for Rain and now finishing up the series with Moonlight Mile."

So now I guess I can ask again, how do you like the books so far comparing with each other?

[Scott]

I definitely think the later ones are better. However, the early ones are some of Lehane's first novels and he had to build characters that he uses throughout the series. The earlier ones are still good though.

[Jim]

I just finished a psychological thriller.



I wrote a huge review on this one. Not as huge as Hugh's reviews, however. But, hey. I say check it out. It's an all-niter.

[Jim]

Jim wrote: "I'm reading Resurrected by Steve Trotter. Hard to put down. Loving it."

I'm a huge fan of Steve Trotter. Check the follow-up when you're done:

[Michael]

I've begun a book I've wanted to read since it was published in 1975: The Eagle Has Landed

[Jim]

I have it marked to read, Jim.

[David]

I am reading . Tons of over the top action! Kane is like a young Clive Cussler. Almost done........

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Finished this thriller on Sat afternoon. It was a fun read. Way over the top action, but it brought back memories (in terms of action and cliff-hangers) of my first Dirk Pitt thriller I read years & years ago: . I gave it a 4-star review.

[Rizwan]

David wrote: "I am reading . Tons of over the top action! Kane is like a young Clive Cussler. Almost done........"

Wow, Rusurrect by Kane Gilmour looks good! I'm always on the lookout for a new action-adventure series, maybe I'll check it.

[Ctgt]

Finished The Thin Man and Hombre, two great books. Started The Gray Man.

[Eileen]

I've been on a roll with some excellent reads. Finished The Black Echo and On Target.

Almost finished with The Warded Man.

[Ctgt]

Eileen wrote: "I've been on a roll with some excellent reads. Finished The Black Echo and On Target.

Almost finished with The Warded Man."

I really enjoyed The Warded Man and the second in the series The Desert Spear.

[Eileen]

I'm really enjoying it so far, not at all what I expected.

[Tracy]

Eileen wrote: "I've been on a roll with some excellent reads. Finished The Black Echo and On Target.

Almost finished with The Warded Man."

I have The Warded Man on my TBR shelf. Glad to know you guys like it. Need to bump it up.

[David]

Rizwan wrote: "David wrote: "I am reading . Tons of over the top action! Kane is like a young Clive Cussler. Almost done........"

Wow, Rusurrect by Kane Gilmour looks good! I'm a..."

*** Great. Let us know what you think about it!

[Ctgt]

Just finished The Gray Man which was good but not great. I saw SEAL Team 666 at the library and the description reminded me a little bit of MHI so thought I would give it a shot.

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

Ctgt wrote: "Just finished The Gray Man which was good but not great. I saw SEAL Team 666 at the library and the description reminded me a little bit of MHI so thought I would give it a shot."

Does sound good...adding it to my list, thanks!

[Eileen]

Ctgt wrote: "Just finished The Gray Man which was good but not great. I saw SEAL Team 666 at the library and the description reminded me a little bit of MHI so thought I would give it a shot."

That's the same way I felt about The Gray Man, I liked it wasn't thrilled with it, wasn't even sure I would continue with the trilogy. Originally I was going to give it 3 stars and the more I thought about it the more it grew on me, so I ended up giving it 4 stars. I also just finished the second in the trilogy On Target and gave it 5 stars. Which it deserved everyone. I loved the second so much I will finish the trilogy.

[Tad]

Just read on Paul S. Kemp's website that there is a new Egil and Nix book coming out this year. I'm about a quarter through The Hammer and the Blade and really enjoying it. I keep sneaking chapters when I should be trying to finish up The Leviathan Effect and getting a start on Prophet of Bones.

[Chris]

This has to be a coincidence, I just finished reading The Warded Man and The Desert Spear in the past few weeks. What an awesome series.

[Ctgt]

Eileen wrote: " I also just finished the second in the trilogy On Target and gave it 5 stars. Which it deserved everyone. I loved the second so much I will finish the trilogy. "

That's good to know. I was a little on the fence about reading the second one, so now I'll put it on my list. Thanks, Eileen.

[Ctgt]

Chris wrote: "This has to be a coincidence, I just finished reading The Warded Man and The Desert Spear in the past few weeks. What an awesome series."

Glad to hear you enjoyed it as much as I did. I was chatting with another friend who just read the third book The Daylight War and he loved it, but it did end on a major cliff hanger so I may wait until the next one comes out.

Who am I kidding? I'll probably read it in a couple of weeks.

[Jim]

I'm reading Sharpe's Trafalgar. Pretty good. I would NOT want to have traveled aboard ship back in the early 1800's. Sounds absolutely disgusting. Worse than a Carnival Cruise.
;-)

[Ctgt]

Jim wrote: " Worse than a Carnival Cruise.
;-)"

Oh man, I love that! Two big thumbs up!

[Eileen]

Ctgt wrote: "Eileen wrote: " I also just finished the second in the trilogy On Target and gave it 5 stars. Which it deserved everyone. I loved the second so much I will finish the trilogy. "

That's good to kno..."

I know you won't need disappointed. Happy to help!

[Eileen]

Chris wrote: "This has to be a coincidence, I just finished reading The Warded Man and The Desert Spear in the past few weeks. What an awesome series."

I'm going to have to check out The Desert Spear.

[Rizwan]

Its really amazing that even when you read the works of literally hundreds of authors and collect thousands of books, there'll always be almost that many (or more) out there you have absolutely no idea about.... Thanks guys for some GREAT! suggestions, specially Jonathan Maberry's entire works with Joe Ledger, Benny Imura & Pine Deep series (every one of which looks terrific), and Larry Correia's MHI series already on my next read pile (that keeps getting bigger & bigger BTW). Currently finishing Ghost Country, then after Deep Sky I'll be right on Rot & Ruin or Patient Zero.

Lets keep hearing about more awesome books!

[Jim]

Rizwan wrote: "Its really amazing that even when you read the works of literally hundreds of authors and collect thousands of books, there'll always be almost that many (or more) out there you have absolutely no ..."

Do the math sometime. It's depressing. 50 years of reading over 100 books a year & you wind up reading about 1% of the books published in a single year.
:sigh:
So many books, so little time...


I wish all my problems were so bad.
;-)

[Chris]

Ctgt wrote: "Chris wrote: "This has to be a coincidence, I just finished reading The Warded Man and The Desert Spear in the past few weeks. What an awesome series."

Glad to hear you enjoyed it as much as I did..."

I know what you mean, I'm gonna dive into The Daylight War as soon as I'm done with Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings.

[Ctgt]

Rizwan wrote: "Its really amazing that even when you read the works of literally hundreds of authors and collect thousands of books, there'll always be almost that many (or more) out there you have absolutely no ..."

I know what you mean. My to-read list exploded after I joined several clubs here.

[Joshua]

Currently reading Robert Ludlums the Cassandra Compact, love the covert one novels!

[Ctgt]

Chris wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "Chris wrote: "This has to be a coincidence, I just finished reading The Warded Man and The Desert Spear in the past few weeks. What an awesome series."

Glad to hear you enjoyed it as ..."

That book has been sitting on my shelf staring at me for quite some time. After my painful experience with GRRM and The Game of Thrones series, I keep telling myself not to start series' that haven't been completed, but I may not be able to resist The Way of Kings. I'll be very interested to hear what you think of the book.

[Jim]

Just started . It starts with a bang and we're offff and running. The stakes are high and an innocent life is on the line. Time to step up. Will she do it. She better!! I started the sample last night on on Hugh's recommendation. At the end of chapter one I hit the [BUYME] button and am not sorry I did. Wow!

[Chris]

Ctgt, I decided eff it and I looked up how The Way of Kings ended. It was not a bad book by any means, just too long and not enough action to move things along. I wish to start on The daylight war soon.

[Ctgt]

Chris wrote: "Ctgt, I decided eff it and I looked up how The Way of Kings ended. It was not a bad book by any means, just too long and not enough action to move things along. I wish to start on The daylight war ..."

Thanks for the heads up.

Hey, by the way, nice profile picture. Is that a nod to Luigi?

[Bev]

Re reading The Dark is Rising quintet.

[Eileen]

Next in my pile The Dragon Factory will be starting this evening.

[David]

Eileen wrote: "Next in my pile The Dragon Factory will be starting this evening."

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Eileen, I hope you enjoy The Dragon Factory. It is the 2nd Joe Ledger action thriller. Different monsters than the 1st book and plenty of action. The 5th Joe Ledge book comes out tomorrow, so you have plenty more thrills to look forward to.

[Rizwan]

Bev wrote: "Re reading The Dark is Rising quintet."

I have The Dark Is Rising Complete Sequence in my collection.... How do you like the series? Can you give me an idea of what to expect (is it like the modern YA books or totally different)??

[Scott]

Eileen wrote: "Next in my pile The Dragon Factory will be starting this evening."

That was a good one. Lots of action.

[Jim]

I'm doing multiple books. Just opened this one.

I love Perry's books anyway. But the opening certainly does get your attention and will put your head through a couple of flip-flops. He's promising a lot with this one.

[Eileen]

So far, Joe Ledger in The Dragon Factory is kicking some series butt. This book doesn't slow down for a minute. I'll have no problem catching up to book 5 in the series. I like Ledger's cockiness and yet he's a emotional wreck at the same time.

[Eileen]

Jim wrote: "I'm doing multiple books. Just opened this one.

I love Perry's books anyway. But the opening certainly does get your attention and will put your head through a couple of flip-flops. He's promisin..."

Jim, you seem to be on a roll lately with some good books.

[Jim]

Eileen wrote: "Jim, you seem to be on a roll lately..."

When you're hot, you're hot. Knock wood.